महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-42, verse-4

जरत्कारुरुवाच ।
ममायं पितरो नित्यं हृद्यर्थः परिवर्तते ।
ऊर्ध्वरेताः शरीरं वै प्रापयेयममुत्र वै ॥४॥

4. jaratkāruruvāca ,
mamāyaṁ pitaro nityaṁ hṛdyarthaḥ parivartate ,
ūrdhvaretāḥ śarīraṁ vai prāpayeyamamutra vai.

4. jaratkāruḥ uvāca mama ayam pitaraḥ nityam hṛdi arthaḥ
parivartate ūrdhvaretāḥ śarīram vai prāpayeyam amutra vai

4. Jaratkāru said: 'O ancestors, this resolve is always in my heart: I wish to attain the other world with a body that has preserved its vital energy (through celibacy).'

Words meanings summery:

• जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• पितरः (pitaraḥ) - O ancestors!

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

• हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, intention

• परिवर्तते (parivartate) - revolves, turns around, is present

• ऊर्ध्वरेताः (ūrdhvaretāḥ) - one who has maintained celibacy (one whose semen flows upwards, celibate)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• प्रापयेयम् (prāpayeyam) - I should cause to reach, I should take

• अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world, in the next world

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (a sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaratkāru

jaratkāru - Name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

पितरः (pitaraḥ) - O ancestors!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially

हृदि (hṛdi) - in the heart

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛd

hṛd - heart, mind, soul

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, meaning, intention

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - object, purpose, meaning, wealth, intention

परिवर्तते (parivartate) - revolves, turns around, is present

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ऊर्ध्वरेताः (ūrdhvaretāḥ) - one who has maintained celibacy (one whose semen flows upwards, celibate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvaretas

ūrdhvaretas - one whose semen flows upwards, a celibate, an ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ūrdhva+retas)

• ūrdhva – upwards, high, elevated
  adjective
• retas – semen, vital fluid, vigor
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the subject of prāpayeyam (I)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal substance

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

प्रापयेयम् (prāpayeyam) - I should cause to reach, I should take

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of prāp

causative

Causative form of root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अमुत्र (amutra) - in the other world, in the next world

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle